Assessing Information Effects Workshop Proceedings

On October 16, 2017, representatives from the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), the Office of Secretary of Defense for Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE), the US Naval War College, the Chief of Naval Operations Assessments Division (OPNAV N81), academia, and industry met at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia for a half-day workshop to foster dialog on assessing information. The topics addressed in this workshop offer ideas on how to model the effects of information through a variety of analytical efforts to gain insight on a potential adversary’s behavior in cyber and information warfare. This document contains the proceedings of the workshop.